The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 26, 1983
Waning Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
9:33 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 750
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 291.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 32m / -1.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.52° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.26° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.14° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.